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A. R. Rahman is an Indian composer, singer and songwriter. Described by Time [ 1] Tamil and Hindi films apart from a few films in other regional film industries of India and international productions . Rahman started his career by composing musical scores for documentaries, advertisements and Television channels. He made his debut as a film composer through Roja Mani Ratnam . The soundtrack became popular upon release, which led to him winning the National Film Award for Best Music Direction at the 40th National Film Awards , the first time for a debutant.[ a] National Film Awards , 15 Filmfare Awards and 18 Filmfare Awards South , a record for an Indian composer.
Other Honorary Awards [ edit ] Film awards and nominations [ edit ] Other International Awards [ edit ] Playback Singer
Year
Film
Category
Results
2009
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Album of the Year
Won
Music Composer of the Year
Listeners Choice Album of the Year
Listeners Choice Song of the Year for ''Kabhi Kabhi Aditi"
Jodhaa Akbar Song of the Year for ''Jashn-e-Bahara"
Best Background Score
2010
Delhi-6 Album of the Year
Song of the Year for ''Masakali''
Music Composer of the Year
Best Song Arranger & Programmer for ''Masakali''
2011
Raavan Best Background Score
Nominated
Best Song Arranger & Programmer for ''Ranjha Ranjha''
2012
Rockstar Album of the Year
Won
Music Composer of the year for ''Nadaan Parinde''
Music Composer of the year for ''Sadda Haq''
Nominated
Song of the Year for ''Nadaan Parinde''
Song of the Year for ''Sadda Haq''
Song representing Sufi tradition for ''Kun Faya Kun''
Won
Listeners Choice Album of the Year
Listeners Choice Song of the Year for ''Nadaan Parinde''
2013
Jab Tak Hai Jaan Best Background Score
Nominated
2015
Highway Best Background Score
2016
Tamasha Song of the Year for ''Agar Tum Saath Ho''
Nominated
Listeners Choice Song of the Year for ''Agar Tum Saath Ho''
Won
2022
Atrangi Re Album of the Year
Nominated
Song of the Year for ''Chaka Chak''
Music Composer of the year ''Chaka Chak''
Music Composer of the year ''Rait Zara Si''
Music Composer of the year ''Tere Rang''
Listeners Choice Album of the Year
Won
Listeners Choice Song of the Year for ''Chaka Chak''
Dil Bechara Album of the Year
Nominated
Listeners Choice Album of the Year
Mimi Best Song Arranger & Programmer for ''Param Sundari''
Won
1993 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Roja
1994 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Gentleman
1995 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhalan
1996 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Bombay 1993 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Roja
1994 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Gentleman
1995 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhalan
1997 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhal Desam
1999 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Jeans
2013 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Maryan CNN-IBN Song of the Year Award [ edit ] 1993 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Roja
1994 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Gentleman
1995 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhalan
1996 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Bombay [ 66] [ edit ] 2023 – Best Music Composer for Feature Film in Foreign Language – Iravin Nizhal ITunes Music Awards [ edit ] [ 70] [ edit ] Just Plain Folks Music Awards [ edit ] 2009 – Just Plain Folks Music Award For Best Music Album – Varalaru [ 71] 1993 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Roja
1994 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Gentleman
1995 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Kadhalan
1996 – Best Music Director (Tamil) – Bombay [ edit ] 1993: R. D. Burman Award for Best New Composer[ 13] Sunfeast Tamil Music Awards [ edit ] 2001 – Best Music Director – Taal
2007 – Best Music Director – Guru
2008 – Best Music Director – Jodhaa Akbar 2002 – Best Music Director – Lagaan
2002 – Best Background Score – Lagaan 2005 – Best Music Director – Swades
2005 – Best Background Score – Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities
2011 – Best Background Score – Raavan
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Retrieved 4 December 2009 .^ "Scotland pays tribute to AR Rahman" . Behindwoods.com . 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014 .^ "Another Doctorate for ARR" . Indiaglitz.com . 1 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014 .^ Hirsch, Mark. "With Berklee Honorary Degree, A.R. Rahman Comes Full Circle" . The Boston Globe . Retrieved 29 October 2014 . ^ "Sanskriti Awards – Winners List" (PDF) . Sanskriti Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .^ a b c d "A. R. Rahman – Talent Tujhe Salaam" . Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .^ a b "The golden boy of Indian music A R Rahman turns 44" . The Times of India . Times Now . 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .^ "A R Rahman receiving Gana Kaladhar from Sivaji Ganeshan" . Bharatkalachar.com. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .^ "Mahavir Mahatma Awards 2005" . Times Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2009 .^ "Stanford University honours A R Rahman" . Rediff . Retrieved 4 March 2009 .^ "Swaralaya Award for A.R.Rahman" . The Hindu the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2007 .^ "Limca Book of records felicitates A.R. Rahman" . Radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .^ CNN IBN Global Indian of the year 2008 – ARRahman CNN IBN . Retrieved 16 January 2011 – via YouTube.^ "Rahman awarded NDTV Indian of the year" . Radioandmusic.com. 18 January 2008.^ "A R Rahman Honored" . Indiaglitz . 4 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.^ "A R Rahman named entertainer of the year" . CNN IBN the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .^ "Rahman wins CNN-IBN Indian of the Year award" . CNN IBN the original on 25 December 2009.^ "NDTV awards: Amitabh, SRK, Ash icons of Indian entertainment" . NDTV . 25 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.^ a b "UK Asian Music Awards honours A R Rahman" . Businessofcinema.com. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011.^ The 2009 TIME 100 – A.R. Rahman TIME.^ "10th Annual MIAAC Film Festival Wraps Up with Awards Ceremony for Best Picture, Actors, and director" . Indo-American Arts Council, Inc. 18 November 2010.^ "A R Rahman to receive Indira Gandhi Award" . The Times of India . 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010 .^ "Big B, SRK honored at the Chevrolet FICCI Frames Excellence Awards" . Indiaglitz . 20 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010.^ "AR Rahman honoured at World Economic Forum Davos meet" . Daily News & Analysis . 27 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011 .^ "Winners Announced for 2010 Asian Awards" . Archived from the original on 12 May 2012.^ "A.R. Rahman at GQ India Men of the Year Awards 2011" . NDTV. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011 .^ "A R Rahman gets lifetime achievement award at Dubai International Film Festival" . The Economic Times . Retrieved 8 December 2011 .^ "AR Rahman, Sonu Niigaam, Sunidhi Chauhan emerge as 'Vuclip Icons of the Year 2012' in music" . Radioandmusic.com. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012 .^ "AR Rahman receives top Japanese cultural award" . The Express Tribune ^ "A R Rahman's Visit to KISS" . Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences . Retrieved 8 October 2019 .^ Behindwoods [@behindwoods] (6 October 2019). "Isai Puyal AR Rahman receiving the award for being the "Global Icon of Inspiration"!! Thank you sir! 🔥🤩🤩 @arrahman #vcarebehindwoodsgoldmicmusicawards #BehindwoodsGoldMic https://t.co/uR10hAbHnG" (Tweet ). Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023 – via Twitter . ^ "India's A.R. Rahman strikes Grammys gold" . Agence France-Presse . 2010. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010 .^ "Dora Mavor Moore Awards" (PDF) . tapa.ca . 5 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011.^ Kilday, Gregg (9 December 2008). " . The Arizona Republic . Phoenix, AZ: Gannett Company. Retrieved 21 August 2010 . ^ a b "Houston Film Critics Society Names Films for 2008" . The Celebrity Cafe . 22 December 2008. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2009 .^ "2008 Awards" . San Diego Film Critics Society. Retrieved 20 August 2010 .^ Caro, Mark (19 December 2008). "Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle enjoyed making the movie in India so much that 'they did have to drag me away at the end' . The Providence Journal . A. H. Belo Corporation. Retrieved 14 August 2010 . ^ Tremblay, Bob (13 December 2008). "Get Reel: Every 'Slumdog' has its day" . Wellsville Daily Reporter . Wellsville, NY: GateHouse Media, Inc. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. 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Retrieved 11 August 2009 .^ "Madras Talkies Accolades" . Madrastalkies.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009 .^ "Vikatan Awards 2010" . Ayngaran . 13 January 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011 .^ a b "Fans Enchanted by Bollywood Music Awards" . Screen India the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2011 .^ "Lux Cinemaa awards 2011 – Telugu cinema" . Idlebrain.com. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012 .^ Parthiban, Radhakrishnan [@rparthiepan] (31 January 2023). "Happy to share another international award for #iravinnizhal 🏆Best Music Composer🏆 ⚜️ A.R Rahman⚜️ https://t.co/zF5VGVqj5z" (Tweet ). Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023 – via Twitter . ^ "What connects Rahman and Dhanush to Apple?" . The Times of India . 15 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 22 June 2023 .^ "Facebook" . Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via Facebook.^ "Apple Music's 'Best of 2015' list includes Dilwale and O Kadhal Kanmani" . Tech2 . 14 December 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2023 .^ A. R. Rahman [@arrahman] (7 January 2023). "EPI 🌺🤲🏼 @rparthiepan https://t.co/GDsPyHZvHR" (Tweet ). Retrieved 28 March 2023 – via Twitter .^ "Just Plain Folks" . jpfolks.com . Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2009 .^ "Screen Videocon Award Winners" . Screen India the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2011 .^ Sheela Reddy (9 March 2009). "At Which Time Dilip Became Rahman" . Outlook . Retrieved 25 January 2011 . ^ "18th Annual Colors Screen Awards Winners" . Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012 .^ "Isayaruvi Sunfeast Tamil Music Awards 2008" . mirchigossips.com. Retrieved 4 March 2009 .^ "Zee Cine Awards Tamil 2020 winners list: Ajith, Kamal Haasan, Dhanush won these honours" . International Business Times . 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020 .^ "Zee Cine Awards Tamil 2020: The complete winners list" . 5 January 2020.
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